Tag Archives: China

Ministers fear China will blitz UK with a devastating online attack 

Senior sources say ‘a perfect storm’ of diplomatic rows over Hong Kong, the tech giant Huawei and Covid-19 could lead to an all-out attack by Chinese-backed hackers.

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China Moly strikes $550m precious metal deal with Elliott-backed miner 

Payments from Triple Flag to mark first ‘streaming’ deal by Chinese mining company

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China Gets Its First Vaping Industry Billionaires 

China is home to the world’s second-largest number of billionaires after the United States.

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Donald Trump rules out phase second phase trade deal with China 

”The relationship with China has been severely damaged. I don’t think about it now,” Trump told reporters on Friday from Air Force One when asked about the trade deal. Earlier in the year, the Trump adminstration had signed a mega phase one deal with China, after intense negotiations between the two countries.

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WTA Finals in doubt as China cancels 2020 international events 

General Administration of Sports cites ‘science and order’ in bid to reduce Covid-19 cases.

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China rejects prospect of joining arms control talks with US 

China has rejected any prospect of joining in trilateral arms limitation talks with the U.S., calling reports from Washington that it would do so a distortion of its stated position

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WHO experts arrive in China as investigation into the origins of Covid-19 begins  

An animal health expert and an epidemiologist will work in Beijing for two days to establish the groundwork for a future investigation into the origins of Covid-19.

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Luxury shoppers in China stymied by travel disruption buy second-hand and from local stores as shortages bite 

Jeff Meng, a 25-year-old watch lover from a well-heeled family in China’s Guangdong province, had 160,000 yuan (US$22,800) burning a hole in his pocket. He could not find the Rolex Daytona watch he wanted, dubbed “panda” for its black-and-white face, anywhere in China.The coronavirus pandemic has halted travel and disrupted networks of parallel importers, so […]

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China faces ‘DISASTER’ with the insects already invading southern city, officials warn  

Swarms of yellow-spined bamboo locusts have destroyed about 26 square miles of fields in Pu’er after raiding the city from China’s border with Laos, the local government said.

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What Indian and other foreign students contribute to the US economy 

Foreign students contributed $44.7 billion to the US economy during 2018, the IIE report says, citing the US Department of Commerce. They supported around 460,000 jobs in the US in the 2018-19 academic year. China was the largest contributor to the foreign student body in the United States, followed by India and Saudi Arabia, the reports says.

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Hong Kong Security Law Sets Stage for Global Internet Fight 

As the city grapples with new restrictions on online speech, American tech giants are on the front line of a clash between China and the United States over the internet’s future.

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FBI director: China is ‘greatest threat’ to US 

China is working to be the world’s superpower “by any means necessary,” Christopher Wray said.

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China Opens New National Security Agency Headquarters in Hong Kong 

The inauguration came just over a week after China’s central government imposed a tough new law on the city

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China’s jobs problem runs deeper than the coronavirus 

New hiring and management practices could help China boost productivity in the economic uncertainty of the post-coronavirus environment.

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Beijing’s secret police get a room with a view in Hong Kong 

China’s new security agency in the city will operate out of a four-star hotel that offers a vantage point over key protest zones — and a rooftop pool.

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